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EDA500 Setup on RN516
I am looking for some instructions on setup for attaching a EDA500 to a RN516. I have reviewed all documentation and I cannot find any instructions on how to setup and configure a EDA500 external st...
Thanks Stephen
That information does help, but it would be nice if there was actually published documentation that covers suggested configuration choices when installing a EDA500.
I guess the user is just supposed to know what to do when they purchase new equipment from Netgear.
I wonder if other hardware suppliers have better documentation of their hardware.
I would be completly lost without help from the netgear community.
Thanks for your help.
Hi,
You can search 'EDA500' in http://downloadcenter.netgear.com page, then download 'Hardware Manual' and 'Software Manual'.
They have some content about EDA 500 which may help you. :)
Thanks but I already read thru that data and I still did not find what I was looking for.
1. I see there are 3 eSata Ports on the back of my RN516 that are different colors. Which one should I plug the EDA500 into?
2. Are there any configuration changes I need to make in the RN516. I am currently running X-Raid (Raid 5) with (6) 6 TB drives?
3. How will the RN516 show the EDA500 hard drives. I plan on adding 5 drives that are 4 TB each into the EDA500. How should they be configred in the NR516?
I don't get my new EDA500 until next week.
Thanks for your reply.
1. you can use any eSata port
2. No. Do nothing here.
3. You can choose any configuration on EDA500 volume (Raid-5, Raid-6, JBOD, xRaid,...). You will see additional volume in System -> Volumes page. For configuration eda500 volume (eda1 by default) you will do the same action like main unit volume
The devices can plug into any of the 3 esata ports. In fact, you could have up to 3 of them plugged into your 516. From what I hear, they have to be used as a second volume, you can't expand what you already have in the 516. I assume like plugging in a esata drive or USB drive that it will show up as a new volume. There's not much to the EDA500, other than a esata controller, a Sata HDD backboard and a power supply. The 516 is doing all the work.
Again, since the HDD's on the EDA500 is not a growing part of your currant volume, you would stay at RAID5 for both the RN516 and its volume and the EDA500 and its own volume. Normally, at least with ReadyNAS, anything 7HDD's or more would auto default to Raid6. Any HDD's from the EDA500 is not an extension of your currant volume. That's at least my understanding.
JBDragon1 wrote:
In fact, you could have up to 3 of them plugged into your 516.
The 526x and 626x only have one eSATA port btw. So if you have multiple EDA500s, you should take that into account when upgrading.
Personally I'd add a second NAS instead of the extender (perhaps a lower-end NAS like the RN214). Though of course others prefer the extender concept - there's no right or wrong on this.
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